Friday, June 20, 2014

Susan L. tells her story!!

Recently, in my household we have had many reasons to celebrate
with multiple graduations and holidays. Also, when your husband is
employed by a beer distributor like mine...beer is just stacked in our
garage craving an ice packed cooler! So, I decided
to use the beer as well as some of my husband's freebie aluminum can
koozies that clutter the back of his work vehicle. I borrowed the
bottle caps from my children's "art collectibles" bin to help provide
the inner heart filler.

Repetition: Exists in many forms in this piece. One way is
the circular shapes of the components with the minor exception of the
koozies. Repetition also exists in the design of how each component
continues to generate the heart shape as it spreads
out from the core.

Variety: Exists in the different types of beers and beer
containers that are incorporated into the design. The koozies and red
solo cups also serve as a variety element in that they both have an
intended manufactured purpose to "hold" the beers.

Balance: Near Symmetrical, I was unable to achieve perfect
symmetry with the bottle caps in the middle of the heart. As well as
with the koozies on the perimeter of the design.

Rhythm: Achieved in the spacing of the different components
around the core as they spread outward. Rhythm exists in the repetition
of the circular shaped objects used such as the bottle caps, brown beer
bottles, aluminum beer cans, and the solo
cups that generate a pattern from the inside to outside of the heart.

Emphasis: The red solo cups are the focal point mainly
because their rich red color explodes with the bright orange colored
koozies as their back drop.

Unity: Oh Yeah... We typically reference red solo cups with
the consumption of alcohol. The Beer itself is unified because they are
all in a cylinder format for bottling reasons and they contain alcohol
as a similar ingredient. The circular shapes
that generate the shape of the heart from looking down on it provide
unity. The koozies and red solo cups also serve as a common element in
that they both have an intended manufactured purpose to "hold" the beers
or liquid.

Line: The bottled beers, the beers in the aluminum cans, and
the solo cups each provide some type of line as they aid the shape of
the heart. The outer most edges of the koozies generates an implied
line as well.

Texture: The design exists in real life therefore, it is real in texture.

Color: This piece is warm with cool accents. Neutral colors
of the overall concrete back ground and beers provide an increased
emphasis on the red solo cups.